External marker‐based automatic congruencing: A new method of 3D reconstruction from serial sections

Computer‐based three‐dimensional (3D) visualizations reconstructed from sectional images represent a valuable tool in biomedical research and medical diagnosis. Particularly with those imaging techniques that provide virtual sections, such as CT, MRI, and CLSM, 3D reconstructions have become routine. Reconstructions from physical sections, such as those used in histological preparations, have not experienced an equivalent breakthrough, due to inherent shortcomings in sectional preparation that impede automated image‐processing and reconstruction. The increased use of molecular techniques in morphological research, however, generates an overwhelming amount of 3D molecular information, stored within series of physical sections. This valuable information can be fully appreciated and interpreted only through an adequate method of 3D visualization.

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